April 22, 1997
Your Craftsmen Network at work
Walt Gutowski, Jr. of Swift Printing and the Grand Rapids Club called HQ looking for insights on the possible purchase of a Hamada press. Kevin Keane contacted a friend of his who owns a Hamada and obtained a detailed report for Walt.
George Lord of At-a-Glance and the Southern Tier Club needed a referral for someone his estimators could talk with regarding lenticular printing. Mark Mulvaney of Letterhead Press had entered the International Gallery earlier this year and in the process of classifying his entry mentioned that he had done lenticular projects with Quad Graphics in the Milwaukee area. At the Seattle Club Gallery banquet on April 19th, Tenth District Governor and CraftNet Committee Co-Chair Norm Belanger told Kevin Keane that Norm recalled an inquiry about lenticular printing which had been e-mailed to the CraftNet Webmaster earlier this year from a gentleman in London, England. Norm had just been approached by one of his clients in Calgary to produce a lenticular project. Norm and George were also put in touch with Mr. Mulvaney.
Sue Jordan of The Printed Image and the Albuquerque Club e-mailed Kevin Keane at 5:30 CDT on a Friday afternoon asking for assistance with a special type of Wire-O binding. Sue said she needed an answer FAST, for a valued client. Kevin e-mailed a request for assistance to three Craftsmen members who are in the bindery business and have e-mail addresses. By 5:49AM EDT on the following Monday, Sue had received a detailed response kindly provided by Bill Maguire of The Bindery of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Club.
If you have a problem finding a solution or have an example of how the Craftsmen Network has recently benefited you, we'd like to hear about it. Just send an e-mail to International Headquarters.
Our shrinking world
CRAFTSMANSHIP IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS and the global network of Craftsmanship. What we fondly refer to as YOUR KNOWLEDGE NETWORK means that the answer you need may be most easily found in the experience and skill sets of a fellow craftsman located thousands of miles away. Modern technology shrinks our borders and binds us ever more tightly together. The Forum section of the IAPHC's CraftNet website provide a wonderful vehicle for Craftsmen to become part of the global digital village.
Consider this Syllogism:
Knowledge is Power. Power is Money. Therefore it follows that Sharing Knowledge can translate to a dollars and cents benefit of belonging.
Craftsmen Gallery Updates
The Detroit Club enjoyed their most successful Gallery ever on April 15th when 278 people attended the Eighth Annual Detroit Club Gallery of Superb Printing. Some 300 tickets were sold at $30 a head to view wonderful examples of the arts and sciences of printing as practiced in the Motor City. The Detroit Club has come to also enjoy the fund raising potential of Gallery and a handsome profit was realized again this year.
The Seattle Club's gala Gallery banquet was held at the swanky Four Seasons hotel in downtown Seattle on April 19. The black tie event was sold out as patrons enjoyed a fabulous dinner and watched as Heath Printers had a particularly strong showing in the awards presentation. Craftsmen members representing the following Clubs showed their support for their Seattle friends: Portland, Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Calgary, Inland Empire and Montreal. The Seattle Club is host to the 78th Annual Convention of the IAPHC in August of this year.
Many winning entries from both the Detroit and Seattle Club Gallery competitions are now being forwarded to The 23rd International Gallery of Superb Printing for judging in late June.
New at iaphc.org
If you didn't attend the Mid Year meeting in Las Vegas this year you can read the online version of the minutes of the meeting.
Also added to the site this past week are a number of new entries to the Industry Trade Show Listings.
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